LEST WE FORGET 165 HOLLAND, Bert WWI &WWII Bert was in the British Army from 1914 to 1918 and came to Canada from England in 1921. Bert and Lil Beck met in Toronto and were married in August 1927, and moved to the homestead in the Pine Torch area in 1928 and raised a family of eight. Bert was in the Canadian Army from 1940 to 1945 and farmed until his death in 1956. HONNEYMAN, Edgar Hall WWI Edgar was born on January 4, 1889, in Beverley, Yorkshire, England, to John William Honneyman and Harriet Frances Holgate Honneyman. He was the second youngest in a family of eight children, two boys and six girls. His mother had died when he was a child, and his father died in 1913. He listed his occupation as bookkeeper and had prior military experience working in a clerical position at Bulford Camp, also known as Sling Plantation, on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. He enlisted on December 11, 1914 with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Edgar served with the No. 3 Field Ambulance (CAMC) 16th Battalion going to France on July 1, 1915. He was reported wounded on October 9, 1916 and was then reported missing. He was later presumed among the many who were killed on that day at the Somme. He is buried at Adanac Military Cemetery, Somme, France six-and-a-half miles northeast of France. His name is on the Canadian Virtual War Memorial. HOLT, Frank WWII Frank was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, on November 6, 1919. He joined the 8th New Brunswick Hussars on April 4, 1941 and was discharged on March 28, 1946 after serving in Canada, England, Germany, Holland, Italy and France. He was promoted to Corporal and L. Sergeant during enemy combat. He received the Holland Liberation Medal and the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal (2005). He returned to Scott-National as a truck driver and retired in 1975. Frank passed away on October 22, 2006. He had been a member of the Lumsden Branch 234 of The Royal Canadian Legion for two years.
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